Catch!

in continent

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September 29th 2009
My dearest blog readers (bleaders?), I am very pleased to announce that this lengthy trip is successfully up and away! So far it's been amazing. I write from Roma, and have spent the day wandering around St Peter's, people watching at the Trevi Fountain, and trying to hit te rigt keys on this tiny computer I have borrowed from the hotel where I'm staying - so apologies of r ht etryops... I had a ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more